Today, I’m going to share the secret about how to never fail at anything.
I can’t tell you how to succeed at everything, but I can tell you how to never fail.
Are you ready for this insight?
The secret is this:
Don’t even try.
That’s it. If you want to be certain that you won’t fail, then remove the option of failure by not taking the risk in the first place.
Don’t try to learn anything new, meet anyone new, or do anything new at all. Just don’t do anything that may involve any risk of failure and you will never fail. Presto.
Well… at least you won’t fail in the micro, short-term sense. The major downside of this strategy is that it also makes success unattainable. It guarantees macro, long-term failure. But at least you don’t have to deal with any immediate rejection, criticism, or setbacks! You can stay in your comfort zone indefinitely, until your lack of progress inevitably turns it into a discomfort zone.
My framing here is facetious, but the greater point is relevant to how so many people approach the adventure of life. The fear of failure has killed more dreams and caused more long-term failure than anything else. So many people never take a proverbial shot at the goal because they’re terrified of what may happen if they miss.
As a result, millions of books and songs remain unwritten, businesses never started, and relationships never established - all because of the fear of acute failure.
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